World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-patch check-in: Hotfixes, customization insight, and quest skips
Now that the World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-patch is live, you might want to start your leveling experience in Warlords of Draenor but not want to...
Vague Patch Notes: Managing the MMO message – and when to piss off your fans
Remember at the beginning of this year when Mark Jacobs managed to basically enrage everyone with his announcement of another game his company was working...
Eight-year-old Pirate101 is essentially in maintenance mode with no new content planned for the next year
We've got some unfortunate but not unexpected news from Pirate101 this week, as KingsIsle has admitted that its content drought will continue for the...
Taking a look at World of Warcraft’s new starter experience, Exile’s Reach
While we are still in a holding pattern to know the launch date of Shadowlands, the good news is that you don't have to...
Pantheon restructures to allow ‘more rapid development,’ will start next alpha phase this month
Acknowledging that there has been "a great deal of confusion" around the current state of Pantheon, Visionary Realms posted a new producer's letter to...
EverQuest announces its 27th expansion, Claws of Veeshan
Perhaps EverQuest fans were a little concerned that Daybreak might not be able to put out its yearly expansion, what with COVID and all....
We finally know who’s taking over TERA’s NA PC version: It’s Gameforge
Two days ago, we wrote with some consternation over the fact that we knew when En Masse's TERA servers would be closing down and...
The Daily Grind: How solid do you think your memory of your favorite MMO’s history is?
Ages ago, I wrote a column in which I jokingly pointed out that in order to really get the WoW Classic experience, you should need...
The Stream Team: A handful of droids on SWTOR’s Hoth
Corellia took too long, so Massively OP's Larry and MJ were not really able to hunt down the droids on Hoth last time. But...
Phantasy Star Online 2 collaborates to sell NieR: Automata packs
Have you ever been playing one game and felt that it could be improved by importing characters and looks from a completely different franchise?...
Wagadu Chronicles reaches Ikaki people and live musician stretch goals, showcases main theme
With the $160,000 barrier crossed in its Kickstarter campaign, The Wagadu Chronicles has committed itself to developing a new lineage of people (read: playable...
Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet appears to be suffering another round of layoffs
It looks as though ArenaNet is suffering a fresh round of layoffs, as Jennifer Scheurle, a lead designer on one of the Guild Wars...
PlanetSide 2 kicks off Nanite of the Living Dead VII: The Seeds Must Flow today
The annual Halloween event has arrived in PlanetSide 2 as of today, and you get the vague sense that the designers really went all in on...
Black Desert Mobile adds the Tamer class, Black Desert PC kicks off Halloween
The month of October brings with it another gaggle of treats for players of Black Desert and Black Desert Mobile, with both games introducing...
Secret World Legends offers up public raids and daily login rewards for Samhain 2020
The Halloween season is especially near and dear to Secret World Legends' heart, what with its whole vibe of Anima-powered people taking on literal...
Some Assembly Required: How clever gamers solved Dual Universe’s massive puzzle event in record time
If you are a fan of sandboxes and virtual worlds - and you are reading Some Assembly Required, so you probably are - then...
Final Fantasy XIV announces the Make it Rain campaign starting on October 21
There will sadly be no All Saints' Wake in Final Fantasy XIV this year; the game's annual ghoulish celebration is a victim of the development...
Explaining Genshin Impact’s impact: The reinvention of gachapon
Yes, I know Genshin Impact isn't an MMORPG. It's not even an MMO; it's just regular old multiplayer. But when its first four days...
TitanReach devs admit their Kickstarter is doomed, plan Indiegogo instead
You might have noticed that the Kickstarter for "old school" MMORPG Titan Reach has just a few days to go and yet has raised...
Perfect Ten: 10 notable MMO developers that shut their doors
When En Masse Entertainment announced that it would be closing its doors this fall, we here at Massively OP came to the realization that...